Alleged ringleader of jail riot pleads not guilty

3:13 PM,
Nov. 21, 2013

Written by

SONNY GARRETT

The alleged ringleader of a Nov. 6 riot in the Baxter County jail pleaded not guilty today in Baxter County Circuit Court.

Steve Niziol is charged with inciting a riot. Impairing the operation of a vital public facility and obstructing governmental operations.

According to the case file, Baxter County deputies and Mountain Home police officers helped quell the disturbance in C pod of the jail. Security video showed Niziol with a broomstick hitting a damaged light fixture and waving his arms in the pod, apparently trying to incite other inmates, ...